Reliance Jio Claims to Cross 16 Million Subscribers in Record Time

Reliance Jio, the word that has become synonymous with telecom over the time in India has revealed that they have crossed the 16 Million users mark in a record time of just 26 days. The company, which started to issue Jio SIM cards to every 4G handset user in the country from September 5th claims to achieve the fastest growth compared to other telecom operators, as well as even social networks and instant chatting apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Skype.

In a statement released by company, Mr Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman & Managing Director of the Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) expresses his feelings of delight and humbleness that he is overwhelmed by the response across the nation towards the Jio SIM card connections under Jio Welcome Offer. The company is touting that they are a customer-focussed brand and are committed to exceeding expectations of their customers.

All the credit can be said goes to the highly appealing Jio Welcome Offer as well as the value for money tariff plans for postpaid and prepaid announce during the Annual General Meeting of the company on September 1st. Just to state the facts, the Welcome Offer from company gives it’s customers access to use free data at high 4G speeds. As well as free access to premium Jio apps such as Jio TV, Jio Cinema, Jio Music, Jio Cloud, etc. Do make a note that all these Jio Digital services are free up until 31st December of this year.

if you didn’t know earlier, Reliance Jio holds the pan-India 4G spectrum and thus have the license to offer 4G services in all the telecom circles in the country, which is why the brand touts an all-India 4G ready network coverage. On top of no roaming charges, the brand has announced that they would be offering free VoLTE calls. You can now get a Jio SIM card from all the Reliance Digital stores subject for current availability, of course. Though, to ease the process of obtaining the SIM card, company ha installed eKYC machines in more than 3,100 towns. With eKYC, it is claimed that users can walk out with an activated Jio SIM card within 15 minutes.

Last year, if you recall, the brand started to market its own LYF branded handsets that were bundled with free data, voice and apps access under Jio Preview Offer for three months. It was also the time when company extended their services to family and friends of their employees. The announcement happened during the birthday celebration of late Mr Dhirubhai Ambani, father of Mukesh Ambani.

At the AGM meeting, Mr Ambani has present it’s team a task of crossing 100 Million user marks by the end of the year and set a much higher record.